National Republican., 1887-05-24

the difference between the civilized and un
civilized man Is a difference or the extent
to which the hand of man has been supple
mented by tools aud implements
1.-THE Indian on the plains Of Nevada, with
his unaided hand, presents no evidence Of
civilized capacity or productive power.
With him the primitive problem Of sustain
ing existence has not been solved. His
hand Is not supplemented by tools and im.
plements, aud his unaided baud fluids con
slant employment in obtaining the mere
necessities OF physical existence. 1t is
therefore impossible for him to enter any
higher realm. The use Of tools and imple.
ments which eventually expand and
broaden and multiply into the most com
pleX labor aiding machinery ia the pont OF
departure between barbarism and civilizh
ton. As soon as uncivlized man perceivcs
the value of an aX with which to cut down
the trees of the forests, he finds eventually
the value Of Il saw. lie learns to propel
this saw with steam or water power, aud
thus his hand is aided. He can now no
something more than sustain mere physi
cal existence. Some OF the intellectual
wants of his nature may now be supplied,
and with the intellectual activity necessary
to the manufacture of an AK or saw or q
spade, he has acquired moro intellectual
force and power, and this is inseparable
from the requirement OF diversified wants
His capacity to perceive new wants has
been enlarged, and as soon as want is
perceived or felt, effort will be made to
supplyit.
co OPERATION MEANS ADVANCEMENT.
"The uucivllized man, like the Indian OF
the plains, has never felt higher wants.
When his physical wants are gratilied, he
falls into condition of sloth and indo
lence. II, indeed, he has time for Incidence,
for In a barbarous condition, with the
hands unaided by implements, IL requires
constant effort, diligence, and industry to
obtain the means OF supporting mere
physical existence. 1t therefore follows
that every discovery In economic science
which makes the production Of things use
full to man cheaper, and every new want
that is felt by man in his progress toward
higher civilization, enlarges the field OF
| labor
"Co operation will add new energy to
civilized life. because It will increase the
prosperity of laboring men, and enlarge In
every respect the scope of their lives. The
capacity to perceive diversity of wants
the power of the mind to feel and acquire
new wants being unlimited, and these
things, necessary to their qualification
being produced alone by labor, the demand
for labor is limitless. and that demand will
increase in the proportion as mel
have capacity to perceive greater
diversity of want. The untaught bar
barian, Notwithstanding the effor
required OF him to maintain physica
existence, consumes but little labor. Civ
ilzed man is vast consumer OF labor
Every article of furniture In his house, tn
house itself, the garden, the grounds, th
books, the papers, and the musical instru
ments, all are the result Of labor, and eacl
civilized man is therefore consuming In hi
lifetime the result OF labor equal to tn
productive capacity Of many hundreds O
men, whose hands are unaided by labor
aiding machinery.
"The introduction OF the co.operativ
principle into the industrial systems of ou
our country means general advance In IN
conditions OF all classes. 1t means th
awakening In the minds of greater numbe
of people of the complex wants of civilizt
tion, and will bring within the reach OF a
increased means of their qualification"